John B. Hotchkiss
John Burton Hotchkiss (August 22, 1845 – November 3, 1922) was an American football coach and professor. He was deaf since the age of 9, and attended Gallaudet University, where later he was the first coach of the Gallaudet Bison football team. He is the namesake of their football field. Hotchkiss was also a writer; one of the founders and editors of the Silent World, a short-lived paper for the deaf.[1][2] Hotchkiss taught English and history.[3]
Biographical details | |
---|---|
Born | Seymour, Connecticut | August 22, 1845
Died | November 3, 1922 77) Washington, D. C. | (aged
Alma mater | Gallaudet |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1883 | Gallaudet |
Early years
Hotchkiss became deaf due to meningitis or scarlet fever. He attended the American School for the Deaf in Hartford,[4] the first permanent school for the deaf in the country.[5]
gollark: Or general "big global problem insurance".
gollark: I suppose someone more libertarian-leaning than me would argue for no government support at all and just having "pandemic insurance" or something.
gollark: You *probably* wouldn't accuse the myriad of companies having issues due to COVID-19 of acting unsafely by not having money for several months of nonexistent revenue.
gollark: It's not that simple.
gollark: A company which behaves safely *and* is prepared for any circumstance, that is.
References
- Representative Deaf Persons of the United States of America. p. 37.
- "John Burton Hotchkiss" (PDF).
- John V. Van Cleve. A Place of Their Own: Creating the Deaf Community in America. p. 74.
- The Handbook of Pidgin and Creole Studies. p. 493.
- Susan Burch. Signs of Resistance: American Deaf Cultural History, 100 to World War II. p. 43.
External links
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.